Effects of seasonality on the species-area relationship: A case study with birds in urban parks

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Murgui, Enrique ^a  

^a Societat Valenciana d'Ornitologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Equilibrium theory; Island biogeography; Landscape ecology; Movement; Random placement; Seasonality; Spain; Species area models; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CENSUS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PATCH SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 34247176687     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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